Starowieyski Lulu Poster - Original 1983 Polish Opera Art

Specifications
Artist / Designer: Franciszek Starowieyski (Polish, 1930–2009)
Composer: Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Printer: WDA-offset (Warszawska Drukarnia Akcydensowa, Warsaw, Poland)
Official Catalog Number: Poster No. P-110
Year of Print: 1983 (Based on the 1979 original operatic design)
Type: Original Polish School of Posters Opera Graphic
Dimensions: B1 format, c. 67x97 cm (27x39 inches)
Condition: Vintage state, strong archival ink contrast
 
Description (About the Artwork)
This original 1983 vintage operational print is a verified Starowieyski Lulu poster, commissioned to advertise Alban Berg's modernist opera Lulu at the Theater der Stadt Bonn in Germany. Printed as an authentic lithographic offset by the famous WDA-offset workshop in Warsaw, this documented piece bears the official archival designation "Poster No. P-110" along the lower right margin. Designed by the celebrated master of the Polish Poster School, Franciszek Starowieyski, the graphic composition showcases his iconic Baroque-Surrealist style, fusing a hybrid avian-female form with a human skull. This rare B1 format item represents a major institutional-grade collectible of late 20th-century avant-garde graphic design.
 
About the Designer
Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009) was a towering figure in European graphic design and a key practitioner of the internationally acclaimed Polish Poster School. Graduating from the Academies of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw, Starowieyski rejected clean, commercial western marketing in favor of highly individual, calligraphic, and expressionistic imagery drawing from 17th-century traditions. He became the first Polish artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 1985. His dramatic, unforgettable cultural graphics reside in premier global institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.